Commonwealth Games 2022

I see Daley Thompson and others have criticised the world champions who have chosen not to take part in the games but will be in Zurich for the big prize money.

Singled out was Fraser-Pryce who is in Birmingham with her team, staying in one of the hotels and using training facilities but is not competing as she is going to Switzerland at the weekend.

I think he might have mentioned Tom Daley and Max Whitlock too, plus others.

He does understand that they need to make a living but says they'll regret not winning a medal.

The organisers have said it's disappointing but for many sports in the games this is their ultimate competition and if some athletes haven't come it gives other athletes the chance to win gold.

That's unfair on Max Whitlock. He has said that he needed time off and if the Olympics had been when they should have been, he would definitely have competed in the CG. It's been a lot of big international competitions squeezed into a shorter space of time after a whole year of barely training, never mind competing.

I agree with him about Frazer Pryce though.

I thought Tom Daley was at the CG and competing! Didn’t he carry a flag? I know he has a programme this week about being gay in certain Commonwealth countries.

He is a sort of sporting ambassador now but I don't know if he has officially retired from competing or not?

If they introduce competitive knitting he will win a gold easily - some of the things he has made are stunning!  I particularly liked this little bag to keep gold medals in!  

It's gorgeous isn't it? They have been so lucky with the weather.

Great that people come out to cheer them on too.

Did anyone watch the men's 400m final? It was hilarious and nearly tragic.

The English fella was favourite. And was well in the lead around the bend. And then suddenly, about 20m from the line, the Zambian came flying past like he had a rocket up him! They cross the line, second and third thinking "WTF just happened?" The winner is rolling around like he'd been shot. I'm thinking "alright fella, don't milk it." He gets up and staggers over to the crowd. His fans are slapping him on the back and jumping on him, making him buckle at the knees and hit the ground hard. He's breathing really heavily. He rolls into a recovery position and lies there, not moving. Now the crowd is waving at the stewards and pointing at the Zambian, who really does not look well. I was worried he was dead! Last I saw there was medical staff around him and he was on his hands and knees.

Decided to use my data and VPN to watch the mens 10m diving - what a cracking final! The last dive to clinch gold was just superb - worth the wait.